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3 verbatim requirements on case management.
Eighth Judicial Circuit — DIVISION/CIRCUIT-WIDE - Family only. Practices change without notice; the court's own published text controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the published source, captured 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used. • AO 5.10 (v2) Page A-i Pretrial Orders Effective October 17, 2016 Order Scheduling Pretrial Conference and Non-Jury Trial IN THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR COUNTY, FLORIDA IN RE: The Marriage of CASE NO: , DIVISION: Husband, and , Wife. _______________________________ / ORDER SETTING PRETRIAL CONFERENCE AND NON-JURY TRIAL [Fla. Fam. L.R.P. 12.200, 12.440] THIS ACTION is at issue according to Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.440, or the parties have waived any objection to setting trial before it is at issue, and it is ready to be set for trial. Therefore, it is ADJUDGED that: 1. PRETRIAL CONFERENCE: Attorneys for the parties (the term “attorneys” includes parties representing themselves without attorneys ) shall attend a pretrial conference pursuant to Fla. R. Civ. P. 12.200 before the undersigned judge at [ state the location, including street address, of the Pretrial Conference] , Florida on [ state the time and date of the Pretrial Conference]. The time allotted for the conference is minutes. 2. TRIAL DATE: This action is set for Non-Jury Trial on [state the time, the day of the week, and the date of the trial ], before the undersigned Judge, or another judge assigned to conduct the trial, at [ state the location, including street address of the trial ], Florida. The time allotted for Non-Jury Trial is days. The attorneys and parties shall appear before the trial judge for the commencement of trial at [state the time and date the trial is to begin] , unless they are specifically notified otherwise. • AO 5.10 (v2) Page A-i Pretrial Orders Effective October 17, 2016 Order Setting Non-Jury Trial IN THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR COUNTY, FLORIDA IN RE: The Marriage of CASE NO: , DIVISION: Husband, and , Wife. _______________________________ / ORDER SETTING NON-JURY TRIAL [Fla. Fam. L.R.P. 12.200(b), 12.440] THIS ACTION is at issue according to Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.440, or the parties have waived any objection to setting trial before it is at issue, and it is ready to be set for trial. Therefore, it is ADJUDGED that: 1. TRIAL DATE: This action is set for Non-Jury Trial on [state the time, the day of the week, and the date of the trial], before the undersigned Judge, or another judge assigned to conduct the trial, at [state the location, including street address of the trial], Florida. The time allotted for Non-Jury Trial is days. The attorneys and parties shall appear before the trial judge for the commencement of trial at [state the time and date the trial is to begin], unless they are specifically notified otherwise. 2. WITNESS LIST: No later than twenty (20) days before the trial, the attorney for each party shall file with the Clerk of the Court, and serve a copy on the opposing attorneys, a complete list of witnesses to be used at trial, including rebuttal witnesses, together with their addresses, telephone numbers, and a brief synopsis of the testimony of each witness. Expert witnesses shall be identified as such. 3. DISCOVERY: All discovery shall be completed no later than seven (7) days before the trial. • Administrative Order No. 5.1121 Page 12 Parenting Coordination in Family Law Cases represented by __________________________________. The mother is_______________________________, whose address is________________________ _____________________________________________________________________, and whose phone number is ____________. She is represented by ________________________________. 3. Expense Shared Equally If the court determines that the partie s have the financial abilities to pay the fees of t he parenting coordinator and unless otherwise ordered, each parent shall be responsible for paying one-half of the costs of the parenting coordinator. The fees and costs shall be paid directly to the parenting coordinator as and when requested by the parenting coordinator. The court reserves jurisdiction to re-allocate the parties' responsibilities for fees and costs based upon the parties' ability to pay or if there is inequitable usage or abuse of the parenting coordination process as substantiated by the parenting coordinator. The parenting coordinator shall not proceed until he/she is satisfied with the terms and conditions of the payment for his/her services and unless all of his/her fees and costs are paid by the parties in a timely manner as ordered. In the event of nonpayment, the parenting coordinator shall write a letter to the court and the court will schedule a case management conference. 4. Parenting Coordinator's Role and Responsibilities 4.1 For the purposes of Parenting Coordination, a non-substantive change is a modification to the Parenting Plan that does not: 1) significantly change the quantity or decrease the quality of time the child spends with each parent; 2) modify the designation of primary or secondary residential parent or rotating custody status established in the Parenting Plan; 3) modify the overall designation of
AO 5.10 (v2) Page A-i Pretrial Orders Effective October 17, 2016 Order Scheduling Pretrial Conference and Non-Jury Trial IN THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT IN AND FOR COUNTY, FLORIDA IN RE: The Marriage of CASE NO: , DIVISION: Husband, and , Wife. _______________________________ / ORDER SETTING PRETRIAL CONFERENCE AND NON-JURY TRIAL [Fla. Fam. L.R.P. 12.200, 12.440] THIS ACTION is at issue according to Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.440, or the parties have waived any objection to setting trial before it is at issue, and it is ready to be set for trial. Therefore, it is ADJUDGED that: 1. PRETRIAL CONFERENCE: Attorneys for the parties (the term “attorneys” includes parties representing themselves without attorneys ) shall attend a pretrial conference pursuant to Fla. R. Civ. P. 12.200 before the undersigned judge at [ state the location, including street address, of the Pretria
Reviewer note: Source sha256: d8d247bb4af7d7c61ae69efeff6c787baea332210b109aadd3d40dae7bfae7d2, 5bbf4659f8883cfcd293e5e35d3abc03c97de7538557a52cf9d3776211c598aa. Corpus categories: CASE_MANAGEMENT_OR_TRACK. Operative status as recorded: CURRENT_DIRECTORY_CURRENT_VERSION, RESCINDED_PUBLISHED_ARCHIVE. Published during the 2026-07-24 completeness pass.
Parties in dissolution and most family financial cases must exchange a financial affidavit and specified financial documents within 45 days of service of the initial pleading, file a certificate of compliance, and supplement as circumstances change.
Small claims cases (up to $8,000) begin with a mandatory pretrial conference where the court narrows issues and typically orders mediation. Failure to appear can result in default or dismissal.
CV-E runs a structured 150-day case management conference track with published CMO templates for jury, non-jury, and complex settings, plus a projected-vs-actual trial period system and 2026–2027 published trial calendars.